Afghan baby lost in chaotic airport evacuation finally found
BY REUTERS KABUL JAN 09, 2022 – 10:16 PM GMT+3Baby Sohail Ahmadi sits inside the house of Hamid Safi, a taxi driver who had found Sohail in the airport, in Kabul, […]
Opinion – War in Afghanistan: Victory for the weapons industry
7th January 2022 Ata-ul-Haye Nasir, UK The Wall Street Journal, published a piece on the last day of 2021 titled “Who Won in Afghanistan? Private Contractors”, saying that while the […]
Will it ever end? Here is what happened with previous pandemics
BY GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA LOS ANGELES JAN 05, 2022 – Vaccinations are stalled, hospitals keep getting COVID-19 patients and the WHO has announced a new variant of concern: omicron, […]
The Roots of America’s Middle East Decline
James Zogby Monday 27 Dec 2021 Since the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan, I have received questions from a number of journalists, both American and Arab. They have asked what […]
Reasons for optimism after a difficult year / Bill Gates
2021 was an incredibly hard year for many people, including me, but I’m hopeful that 2022 will be better. By Bill Gates| December 07, 2021 When Paul and I were starting Microsoft, […]
US Muslims gave more to charity than other Americans in 2020
November 5, 2021 Shariq SiddiquiAssistant Professor & Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, IUPUI Rafeel WasifIncoming Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management, Portland State University Shariq Siddiqui receives funding from Islamic […]
Will Iran be able to normalize ties with the West in 2022?
Even though both Iran and the US seem interested in reviving the nuclear deal, deep distrust and decades-long animosity mean both sides are unlikely to normalize their relationship in the […]
We are living in an age of disorder and discontent
SIR JOHN JENKINS December 31, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zcdsh In his remarkable book, “Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century,” the British historian Geoffrey Parker explores […]
Report: ‘Ruthlessly efficient’ secret US military cell in Syria thumbed its nose at rules, inflicted many civilian casualties
BY CHAD GARLAND• STARS AND STRIPES • DECEMBER 13, 2021 A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Syria in 2017. A top-secret U.S. military strike cell in Syria launched thousands of bombs […]
The world in 2022: another year of living dangerously
The climate, pandemic and tensions between states means the year ahead is likely to be as tumultuous as the last 12 months Simon Tisdall Wed 29 Dec 2021 On the […]
‘Something has broken’: Why 2022 is filled with potential perils
From Taiwan to Libya to the US, global hotspots could proliferate in 2022, writes Borzou Daragahi 59 minutes ago… If it seems like the world is becoming more dangerous, that’s because it is. […]
Americans seeking to renounce their citizenship are stuck with it for now
As many as 30,000 citizens living abroad have been unable to secure a ‘loss of nationality’ interview during the pandemic Ed Pilkington in New York@edpilkington Fri 31 Dec 2021 In recent […]
Botched U.S. drone strike was ‘doomsday’: uncompensated Afghan family
Zmaryalai Abasin, Li Ruikang By now, all things being equal, Zemari Ahmadi would have moved to a country he and his family considered “safe,” a reward for his 14 years […]
U.S. court tosses Saudi suit against former top Saudi intelligence officer
This content was published on December 31, 2021 – 00:01December 31, 2021 – 00:01 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a former top Saudi intelligence official […]
Operation Yemen
EDITORIAL Daily Times DECEMBER 27, 2021 Six years and innumerable rounds of strikes and counter-strikes later, Operation Decisive Storm is yet to establish the cherished peace it had set out […]
The Iranian Threat: No Nukes for Us – or Israel
A technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 2007.Credit: Vahid Salemi /AP Akiva Eldar Over the years we have learned that when […]
Dreams About Snakes Aren’t Automatically Bad News—Here Are 8 Possible Meanings
Natalie Arroyo Camacho・September 23, 2021 The thought alone of a snake slithering into your dreams may well make your skin crawl. And according to astrologer and dream interpreter Stephanie Gailing, author […]
Glimmer of hope as nuclear talks reach 11th hour
OSAMA AL-SHARIF December 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/8rnr2 As talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal resume in Vienna, there is a growing feeling that the negotiations may be […]
Why the Middle East should not give up on Biden
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER December 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/5e4fq Much has been made in recent months about a weakened US, humbled by its setbacks in Afghanistan and distracted by internal […]
Julian Assange’s lawyers seek UK appeal against US extradition
WikiLeaks founder files application to appeal recent ruling that opens the way to extradition in the US. Published On 24 Dec 202124 Dec 2021 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal team has filed an application to appeal to Britain’s Supreme Court, after a lower court ruled this month that he can be extradited […]